Oct 28, 2011

  What happens when you put two great comedy actors and Steve Martin in a movie with a catchy title?  You get high expectations for a funny movie.  However, what you are left with is a big disappointment.  So what is “The Big Year” all about?  It stars Owen Wilson, Jack Black and non-funny man Steve Martin. In the beginning you get a snapshot of...

Jul 13, 2010

  My choice to closeout this month long series may be a strange one, but once you see his body of work you will have to agree that Phillip K. Dick is a great choice.  Who?  You may be saying is Phillip K. Dick.  He happens to be an incredible writer who has given us numerous science fiction masterpieces, notably Minority Report, Total Recall, and Blade...

Jul 3, 2010

    If I gave you two ingredients for a John Grisham cake, they would unquestionably be law and conspiracy.  Though even with those ingredients would it always come out delicious?  That is what we are here to find out.  John Grisham is a master story teller and during the 1990’s he had an unprecedented 5 year run of books made into movies that would not...

Jun 25, 2010

  Well you knew this one was coming.  When deciding to do this blog about authors having their books turned into movies, one of the first authors that pop into your head immediately has got to be Stephen King.  King is a literary master who has written numerous works and continues to be an avenue of source material for Hollywood still today.  I know I am...

Jun 18, 2010

Reading is fundamental, but movies are Awesome!  Okay, that may not be the exact slogan you have heard but for our sake it goes hand in hand with this special four part blog we will be doing over the next month.  For the next 4 weeks, Fimaholics.net will be choosing an author that has had many of his books made into movies and ranking these movies for our...